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Real Madrid continued their disastrous start to the La Liga campaign with a 1-0 home loss against Real Betis on Wednesday. Cristia...

Real Madrid continued their disastrous start to
the La Liga campaign with a 1-0 home loss against Real Betis on
Wednesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo started up front, but couldn't provide the
breakthrough Los Blancos required as Zinedine Zidane's men
suffered their first defeat from five opening league fixtures.

Second-half substitute Borja Mayoral nearly fired the home
side ahead late, with a sensational back-heel of Dani Carvajal's cross from the
right, but Betis keeper Antonio Adan did enough to parry his low shot off the crossbar
to keep the scoreline level.

Betis thought they'd snatched a late winner in the 90th
minute, but the goal was rightfully ruled offside, much to the visitors'
dismay.

But they were celebrating four minutes later, when Antonio
Sanabria headed home Antonio Barragan's inch-perfect cross past a helpless
Keylor Navas from close range.

The defending champions have now taken just eight points
from five matches on the young season. They are seven points behind leaders
Barcelona, who throttled Eibar 6-1 on Tuesday.

Angel Correa and Yannick Carrasco scored second-half goals
as Atletico Madrid extended their unbeaten league start to
five matches with a 2-1 win at Athletic Bilbao.

Atletico, unbeaten in six games in all competitions this
season, broke the deadlock through Correa 10 minutes into the second half and
Carrasco added a second in the 73rd minute.

Bilbao, who slipped to a first home defeat of the season,
squandered a first-half penalty when Aritz Aduriz's spot kick, for Filipe Luis'
foul on Raul Garcia, was saved by Jan Oblak.

Bilbao midfielder Garcia struck a late consolation for the
Basque side in the second minute of time added on.